Showing posts with label Dekie Hicks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dekie Hicks. Show all posts

Saturday, May 07, 2022

May Clocktower Day

 I enjoyed giving the 'up top' tour of the City Clock today from 12-2 pm. Here are a few pics:

Selena Tilley gives the downstairs tour which includes a lot of history of the hill, the tower, the clock, the clockworks, and the murals around the walls.

...then folks climb 107 steps up the spiral stairs around the outside of the tank...




...to emerge into the bright sun at the top.

... and a terrific view of our beautiful city and the lush ridges and valleys of our region of Georgia. Today I was thrilled when two old friends appeared, sisters Nina Burton (Berg) and Bitsy Burton.



Dekie Hicks


Tuesday, January 07, 2020

Gleaning Facebook: "The Living Room"

We were a small group but we sure had a good time in "the living room" for A Time to Tell tonight. First Mary Elena Rivera Kirk cracked us up with the history of her skiing career. But the highlight for me (as you will see) was something a little different: Show & Tell from John the Plantman (and sidekick Dekie Hicks). John Paul Schulz demonstrated how to take a fairly bedraggled inexpensive potted juniper, a clay tray, some dirt and rocks, a hacksaw, some snips, and a few clumps of pilfered moss right out of the woods to create a living sculpture. It was a story of care, keen observation, bravery, and joyful abandon. The results were fascinating. Then my name was drawn to take the fascination home. We treasure our new John Schulz original, but you'll have to wait for a picture.